The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-07
OUR SUPERIOR COURT.

The Fall Term OF Chowan Superior
Court, Judge Graves presiding. Was
opened on Monday. Mr.. j. III. Fore |
hand was sworn as foreman OF the
grand jury. i
The first case called. assault and
battery. was disposed of. verdict of
the jury being not guilty.
The case of Richard Hoiley charged
with careless driving upon q public
road and, in consequence, running
into the buggy of DR.. r. HI. Winborn.
was one of some importance, in that,
it was calculated to teach the unim-
formed that the highway. although
public does not belong exclusively
to the fastest horse or the biggest con.
veyance. Every man has rights
upon the road which every, other man
is bound to respect. ! Upon virdict
Of guilty, the Judge imposed a fine of
500 and cost. .,
The case ofSolomon Levy, charged
with cutting citizen summoned to
Larrest member OF his family was,
upon submission, considerably dis
posed of by His Honor who was
mindful and apprecistive of the
strong feelings of a child in behalt of
his father. He was discharged upon
payment of costs.
The case, about which our readers
have been told, that Of the State VS.
Frank White and two colored boys,
charged with an affray, Called by the
bows in town as the fight at Champi-
ons' Branch) elected some interest.
In the difficulty White shot colored
man in the face and emptied his pistol
at the crowd which caused them to
beat retreat in careless order but.
doubtless, with quickened step and
fixed purpose of security Upon a
fvirdict of guilty, the Court put all the
parties under bond sufficient to in
| sure their presence at the next term OF
the Court and for their good beha-
viour tn the mean time, and required
of them the payment of the costs
which we learn was quite large and in
itself sufficient punishment to teach
the convicted valuable lesson as to
the justice Of til e law and Uncertainty
ofits punishment.
Among other cases disposed of, toe
numerous to mention here, was that OF
; the State va Louis Levy, in which tie
Defendant was charged with Libel
1t seems that some months ago Levy
published the Editor of the Albemarle
ENQUIRER in circular card using
;, therein language. pain; strong and
descriptive and Which gave the editor
uch offence as to drive him to the
Courts for safe defence and fol
4 exculpation. Levy was arrested ano
brought before Justice Peace who
\ For want of final jurisdiction, bounf
/ him over to answer. The case there
fore appeared on the docket at this
term and was looked to with interes
: by many, curious to know by wha
a law a man could Ee punished in thi
!, country for telling. the truth. To th'
% astonishment of the prosecutor NJ
> his friends, the learned Solicitor
whose eagle eye and quick perceptiv'
e precludes tardiness in reaching con
S clusions and decerning facts, callet
e the case only to. have entered upol
t the docket it's final history quickly
told IN the DrleI DnC expressive Lei LII
e -"Nolle prosequi.'
: The case of two. colored men IN
dicted for an affray and found guilt,
e closed the State Docket on Wednes
S day. There were no convictions TO
S infamous offenses such as are punish
: able with confinement in the State
:. prison, and we are glad to record tn
r fact. While the size of the Civi
8 Docket can be righteously regarde'
s an index to the business progress o
"a community, small criminal docke
argues will for the morals of the pee
IS pie and the general good quiet of tn
!. country.
f The Civil Docket was reache
it / thursday. More hereafter.